Montgomery Community Media

Memorial Day weekend is the traditional start of the summer swim season. In Montgomery County, seven outdoor pools will open at noon on Saturday, May 23rd. The outdoor pools include: –Bethesda Pool, 301.652.1598, Little Falls Parkway and Hillandale Road; –Germantown Outdoor Pool, 301.601.1690, 18905 Kingsview Road; –Long Branch Pool, 301.431.5700, 8700 Piney Branch Road, Silver […]

When pool season starts May 23, it will be the last time swimmers will splash around in the Western County Pool before it undergoes a major renovation starting in August. Montgomery County will be ripping up the old pool and putting in a new pool complex complete with a splash park at a cost of […]

There are ample opportunities for recreation in Montgomery County and that’s one of the reasons that makes living here so wonderful. There’s so much to do. We received over 1,100 photos during our “Day of the Life of Montgomery County” event on April 22nd and many of those photos showed residents at play in our […]

Our Lady of Good Counsel graduate Sara Haase won her first NCAA national title in the 100-yard breaststroke at the NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships over the weekend. Haase won the race by .06 of a second with a time of 58.32. Read full coverage on Haase’s performance, here. You can watch her race here.

National’s Capital Swim Club’s Matthew Hirschberger made a big slash at this weekend’s NCSA Junior National Championships sweeping the mid-distance and distance freestyle events in Orlando. Reach For The Wall has the story about this Bethesda swimmer who has his eyes on Rio. You can read it here. Both the boys’ and girls’ NCAP teams […]

Look to the sky this morning! The National Weather Service has issued a Winter Weather Advisory for Montgomery County from 3 a.m. to noon today. Here are five more  things to know today, Feb. 26, in Montgomery County: 1. Police arrested a man for the murder of a 95-year-old retired Naval officer. 2. MCM Blogger Phil […]

Jack Conger known for his backstroke and freestyle times, is proving he’s a force in butterfly too. This morning, Conger, a sophomore at the University of Texas and graduate of Good Counsel High School in Olney, set an NCAA, American and U.S. Open record in the 200 butterfly at the 2015 Big 12 Swimming Championship […]

MyMCMedia’s Sonya Burke hosts the latest episode of County Report This Week, which includes reports on school start times, the new public safety training academy, a report about the Department of Liquor Control, the high school swim and dive championships and more.

It is the hottest meet of the season for high school swimmers in Montgomery County and this year’s Washington Metropolitan Interscholastic Swimming and Diving Championships in Germantown did not disappoint. There were fans with signs, coaches the crazy pants, seniors making their last reach for the wall. And, oh yes, there was an Olympian there […]

Stone Ridge’s swim coach Bob Walker shares his thoughts on what it has been like having an Olympic athlete and world record-holder on his team.